UF College of Health & Human Performance This summer, five graduate students in the University of Florida Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology (APK), join 10 graduate students in biomedical engineering, neuroscience and clinical psychology to learn about the… Read More
Congratulations to Erika Pliner, Ph.D., for receiving the prestigious F32 NIH Individual Postdoctoral Research Award for her proposal, Efficacy of balance training with intermittent sensory perturbations. Pliner studies aging and mobility in the HNL by quantifying the efficacy of balance… Read More
The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering has received gifts from the Adenbaum Foundation, George and Irene Harper, and Todd Goede to support nationally competitive local experiential learning opportunities for students. The donations, which build on the Adenbaum… Read More
UF News By: Jill Pease Local 10 News WCJB The Alligator University of Florida researchers studying the use of a noninvasive brain stimulation treatment paired with cognitive training have found the therapy holds promise as an effective, drug-free approach for… Read More
The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering would like to welcome our Fall 2021 Ph.D. class! Welcome to: Allison Campbell Lab: Schmidt Camara Casson Lab: Ferrall-Fairbanks Cameron Celeste Lab: Parker Robin Chen Lab: Vaillancourt Adriana Del… Read More
Science becomes art in the winning and notable photographs from the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering 2020 Art of Research Photo Contest. Thank you to all who submitted their images! This annual event celebrates the art of… Read More
Physical tuning of galectin-3 signaling Dr. Gregory Hudalla, Dr. Edward Phelps, and lab members’ recent work, “Physical tuning of galectin-3 signaling,” has been published by the National Academy of Sciences Proceedings of Sciences the United States of America (PNAS). Team members:… Read More
Yan Carlos Pacheco Lab: Dr. Kyle Allen Hometown: Havana, Cuba Research focus: My research direction over the past 4 years under Dr. Kyle Allen have focused upon various aspects of osteoarthritis. Areas of specific interest to me have included histological… Read More
Congratulations, UF BME Class of 2021! “On behalf of the department, I extend sincere congratulations and best of luck to the Class of 2021. We are immensely proud of your work and accomplishments! Best wishes to each of you, and… Read More
Dr. Parisa Rashidi (Contact PI), Dr. Azra Bihorac (Co-PI), and several other UF researchers were awarded an NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) grant for their project titled ADAPT: Autonomous Delirium Monitoring and Adaptive Prevention. Delirium is… Read More